02761cam a2200325 4500 501159260 TxAuBib 20210501120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062853936 0062853937 B08D9HVKJG Amazon 8e5d7db8-ea84-4860-b427-029cca91d946 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5626875 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Knoll, Andrew H. A Brief History of Earth [Libby] : Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters. Custom House, 2021. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 66MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><strong>How well do you know the ground beneath your feet?</strong> <strong>A primer for every Earth resident, by Harvard's acclaimed geologist.</strong></p> <p><strong>"A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED review</strong></p> <p>Odds are, where you're standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, perched atop a mountain range, or roamed by fearsome monsters. Probably most or even all of the above.</p> <p>The story of our home planet and the organisms spread across its surface is far more spectacular than any Hollywood blockbuster, filled with enough plot twists to rival a bestselling thriller. But only recently have we begun to piece together the whole mystery into a coherent narrative. Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story. Placing twenty first-century climate change in deep context, A Brief History of Earth is an indispensable look at where we've been and where we're going.</p> <p><strong>Features original illustrations depicting Earth history and nearly 50 figures (maps, tables, photographs, graphs).</strong></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-05-01 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8e5d7db8-ea84-4860-b427-029cca91d946&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8e5d7db8-ea84-4860-b427-029cca91d946&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8e5d7db8-ea84-4860-b427-029cca91d946&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)